hello i m azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the united states military says it has conducted more air strikes on houthi missiles in yemen it s the latest action targeting the group backed by iran. us central command said it struck missiles which were preparing to launch against ships in the red sea. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, said thejoint air strikes were in self defence , that houthis attacks on shipping had put lives at risk, and were having economic consequences. now all this has happened as america s top diplomat us secretary of state antony blinken embarks on his fifth trip to the middle east in the past four months. tensions with iran, which, again, supports the houthis, are rising. and washington has also accused tehran of having its fingerprints on the drone attack that killed three us soldiers at a military base in jordan last week. the white house has warned that its retaliatory air strikes on targe
against afghanistan, winning by ten wickets. it followed a batting collapse from the visitors, who lost their last nine wickets forjust 82 runs. sri lanka s prabath jayasuriya took five of them. next, let s update you on the english premier league, where the title race has stepped up a notch after arsenal cut the gap to two points at the top of the table with a 3 1win at home to liverpool. bukayo saka opened the scoring for arsenal, before liverpool equalised through a gabriel own goal. then a defensive mix up between virgil van dijk and alisson allowed gabriel martinelli to put arsenal ahead, before liverpool had ibrahima konate sent off, then leandro trossard made it 3 1 for arsenal. that win moves them up to second in the table, but manchester city could overtake them when they visit brentford on monday evening. well, we know in the past how difficult it has been. only one it was always tight and we lost the two games we played last season. we know the standards that they
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leo varadkar, are in northern ireland to mark the return of the power sharing government in the region. mr sunak is meeting with northern ireland s new first minister michelle o neill and deputy first minister emma little pengelly, with the northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris. the irish taoiseach leo varadkar also arrived at stormont in the last hour. the assembly reconvened on saturday, exactly two years after the democratic unionist party walked out in protest against post brexit trade agreements. charlotte gallagherjoins me now live from outside the stormont parliament buildings in belfast. it buildings in belfast. is good to see you again. coul you it is good to see you again. could you recap the rivals here and why they are so historic? you recap the rivals here and why they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming and they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming and going they are so h
and we re expecting this to happen shortly. there are a lot of issues to sort out including sector pay and nhs waiting lists. sara girvin has been talking to students in belfast to hear their thoughts on the new devolved government. it s almost like you re ashamed to be from here sometimes, just because of the way that the government get on, like children. people say to themselves, oh, the government won t last long, and probably in a year or two s time, there will be another problem for them to kick up a fuss about. | personally, i don t want to have to leave here, i want to actually work and try to make this place work for everyone. this is northern ireland s first planned integrated school, set up in the 1980s specifically to educate catholics and protestants together. politics students there have been following the events of the past week closely. the dup and other political parties are still getting paid for not doing theirjob properly. what is it like being a young pe